Created by Pamela
Boslet Buskin (Apr. 17, 1945—Feb. 4, 2006) and John Delin

Introduction

Update: I have decided to no
longer add new images to this website. Rather, new images will be posted
on the Syosset Scrapbook Facebook Page, easily found with a Facebook
Search, "Syosset Scrapbook." This site will remain as is and a
link from Facebook is on the Facebook Page. Syosset Alumni News
will be treated the same. Thanks for your continued support!

My book for Arcadia Publishing. Images of America:
Syosset People and Places went on sale in August 2008. While you will recognize many images from this site, there
are many new ones and extensive text. I believe you will want to
hold this Syosset book in your hands and enjoy it! Syosset
People and Places is dedicated in loving memory to Pamela Boslet
Buskin. She would have co-authored it had she lived.

For those of you
who no longer live in Syosset or Long Island, you can orderSyosset
People and Places fromArcadiapublishing.com,
Amazon and other book sellers.

Click here for
my interview with Kim and Jim on KJOY radio, 8/22/08: Radio
Interview

Pictures from
my successful book signing at the Syosset Borders 8/23/08:

(photos courtesy of Christina
Delin Ruggiero)

Welcome home to Syosset!

"To some of you, Syosset is still home, a vibrant, ever-changing community.
To others, Syosset exists only in your memories.

To all of you, we hope you
will enjoy this brief trip home." Pamela Boslet Buskin (1945-2006)

"Nearly all
of the old town can only be seen in memories and in eyes closed
resurrections in front of the new boring unaesthetic fleeting
structures. Many houses and churches, tho, are still there
The Rail Road tracks and Rail Road station remain but the surrounding
stores contain only ghosts"--John Delin

There are thousands of images.

Many
photographs and memorabilia are from Pamela Boslet Buskin's collection; some are from
John Delin's. Many of the photographs were taken by Pam's father, Robert
Boslet, or by Bob's brothers, Joseph and Donald. There are
numerous late 19th and early 20th century photographs by George Edward
VanSise (1873-1965). A number of pictures were originally posted on
eBay. Several photos of recent vintage are from
the Web sites of various institutions. Other acknowledgments are listed
with the images.

Listen to the late Joseph Boslet Jr., interviewed by Isabel
Goldenkoff at the Syosset Public Library as he reminisces about old Syosset.
We placed excerpts from this 1991 tape throughout Scrapbook. You may have
to temporarily disable your firewall in order to access the sound files.
Look for the
signs.
If you live in Syosset, visit the library to borrow
the entire tape and tapes featuring other longtime Syosset residents. If
you wish to listen to the tapes in the library, call the library first to see if
they have a tape player; otherwise bring your own.

Look for
videos:

Joe
Boslet with parts of model airplane, 1937, and Joe on right with younger
brother Don and mother Winifred, c. 1957.
(click on pictures to enlarge)

If you can
identify anyone in a picture who is not named, please tell me.

If you notice any inaccuracies or have further
information regarding any of the pictures, please tell me.

Go to "My AOL." Select
"Preferences." Select "WWW." Select "Web Graphics." If "use
compressed graphics" is checked, uncheck it. You can always re-check it
after viewing the photos, if it affects other features on your
AOL.